Kareh, Victor, MD

Dr. Kareh's practice consists of brain and spine surgery including complex spinal problems and brain surgery for tumors. He can also assist patients with pain management and simple vascular lesions.

Board certified in neurological surgery, Dr. Victor Kareh received certification in the practice of neurosurgery through the American Board of Neurological Surgery (ABNS). This credential signals a special level of commitment to, and expertise in, the neurosurgical specialty. Certification by the Board is based upon approval of an applicant's educational and training qualifications, a review of the physician's professional practice- including opinions of his colleagues, and the passage of written and oral examinations.

Dr. Kareh is a graduate of the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine and completed his internship in general surgery at the Puerto Rico Medical Center. His neurological surgery residency was attained at both the Puerto Rico Medical Center and the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine.

He completed two fellowships in Trigeminal Neuralgia- a disorder of the Trigeminal nerve that presents as severe, intense, sharp, episodic, periodical, excruciating, stabbing and short lasting facial pain and headache. These were done in 1984 at Mass General Hospital under Dr. William Sweet and in 1985 at Karolinska Institute in Sweden.